Guitar Quote by Charlie Haden

James Cotton is a real blues guy, and he played with Muddy Waters, and it surprised me that they would want me to make…

— Charlie Haden

I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as I can.…

— Charlie Haden

Mostly I play with records. I play with my friend Bill Evans.

— Charlie Haden

I used to listen to a lot of Bach on the radio, and when the basses started to sing, it made everything complete -…

— Charlie Haden

There's enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it.

— Charlie Haden

My dad was a great guy; my mother was wonderful. I was very lucky to be around music from the time I woke up…

— Charlie Haden

I'm always searching. It's the reason I'm here. It's not really about music: it's about searching for meaning.

— Charlie Haden

I think it's very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the…

— Charlie Haden

I want to expand jazz; I don't want to keep the audience limited. I want to reach people who have never come to a…

— Charlie Haden

I learned at a very young age that music teaches you about life. When you're in the midst of improvisation, there is no yesterday…

— Charlie Haden

I think it’s very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the…

— Charlie Haden

That's what I tell my students at California Institute of the Arts where I taught for 27 years. I taught them if you strive…

— Charlie Haden